Thane: At least nine people were injured and one person is feared trapped when a single-storey 'dilapidated' house in Bhiwandi township of the district collapsed early Tuesday morning, police said.

The house located in Tandel Mohalla of the town came crashing down at around 5 am on Tuesday when its occupants, all members of one family, were asleep, police said. The firemen and team from Bhoiwada police station rushed to carry out rescue operation. They pulled out nine people from under the debris and sent them to IGM government hospital in Bhiwandi where they were said to be out of danger, police said.